Isn’t Emma Thompson an absolute treasure? Just one of Britain’s finest actors of all time and generally a delight to watch in any role.

Whether you know her as the quietly devastated wife in Love Actually, as Nanny McPhee or as Elinor Dashwood in the 1995 film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, she always gives a memorable performance.

However, in an interview with GQ, Emma revealed that her favourite performance to date is perhaps one of her lesser-known and actually very recent roles, and the reason behind it is so beautiful.

Emma Thompson’s favourite role to date

“My favourite film that I’ve ever done”, she said about the 2022 flick Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.

In this film, Emma plays Nancy Stokes, a widower who hires a male sex worker named Leo Grande. She explains to him that she has never had an orgasm and since her husband’s death, she vowed to never again fake one.

The film is surprisingly tender as Emma’s character is insecure about her body and age, and embarrassed at having hired Leo, who tries to put her at ease throughout.

In the interview, Emma gushes: “It’s such a wonderful script... I knew exactly who [Nancy Stokes] was. She’s like lots of mates I’d had. People who had left school and done the ‘good girl’ thing. Really done it all right.

“As [Nancy] says at the end, ‘I did everything right. I did everything right. And I ended up feeling empty and as though I had never had an........

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